Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-17
ABOUT POLO.
Interesting Notes Pertaining to the
 Coming Winter Amusement.

Interesting Notes Pertaining to the
 Coming Winter Amusement.
 The committee which was appointed at the
 meeting of the New England Polo league to
 make the necessary changes in the rules and
 bylaws will meet ill about week for the
 purpose of drafting the new rules. Theodore
 H. Mcdonald is a member of the committee. The bylaw changes refer particularly to the sale and purchase of franchises and pro- hibiting the playing of exhibition games by any club in the association with any club not a member of the association during the schedule season. The question of starting the ball at the opening of the game by fac l ing instead of rushing has been talked up | and is favored by the Central league and not | by the Connecticut league. Suggestions | have been made regarding the new foul | rules that have been adopted this year. New | rules will be made governing referees and the | sale and reserving of players.
 l The league games in the central division will begin sometime next month or as soon | as the schedule can be arranged and the knotty question of Brockton settled. All of Meriden's players last year are re- served except Dugan, the goal tender. In a week or two the Connecticut division will have it's meeting and it will then be decided what teams will comprise the league. The Connecticut managers, who have their players reserved from last season, are not go- l ing to let any of them go, by any means. The managers of the central division want some of them badly.
 Manager Clough says that the Hartford muddle is not yet settled, but in any event | whether he kept the franchise or sold it he would manage the team still.
 The central division clubs of the New Eng land league will be made up mainly as they were last season, with few changes. Bos- ton has on it's reserve list A. E. Sword, John O'Connell, John H. Smith, A. E. Furbush, John Turnbull, J. H. Turner, J. V. Norway and O. T. Baker, and it is probable that these men will constitute Bostons team dur ing the coming season. On the whole they will make very strong team.
 Pawtucket has on it's reserve list T. SuIli- van, T. F. Guthrie, Thomas Cotter, James Sealey, W. J. Mccarthy and Howard Pierce. These men, with one or two exceptions, were members of the old Walthams, which won the championship for Pawtucket last season and are looked upon as the strongest team in
 the central branch. Cotter and Sealey are,
 without doubt, two of the strongest players
 in the country, and with decent support
 make team that it will be hard for any ag-
 gregation to outp1ay.
 Woburn has John Phelan, Charles Pierce,
 w. s. Mckay, H. s. Smith, Frank E. Bolan,
 c. M. Flanders, Henry How'd and M Full
 Ter.
 The list of players controlled by the new
 Brockton team, which will probably be man.
 aged by President Reed of last years Salems,
 is A. G. Doe, F. $. Stamford, A. B. Watson,
 c. J. Butt and Charles A. Lations. These
 men all played at Salem last season.
 Manager Frank 0. Bancroft, of New Bed ford, has on his reserve list J. D. Roberts, George McPeck, James Canavan, M. Curley,
 W. Murray, A. F. Rivard, E. w. Perry and Thomas Riley.